Category Archives: Canadian Press
Ali Center theft suspect arrested; Ali artwork still missing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Authorities say a man has been arrested in Pennsylvania in a brazen art theft from the Muhammad Ali Center in Kentucky. The U.S. Marshals Service says 58-year-old Gerald Garrett was ...
Dec 08, 2016

Biden calls on Trudeau to defend international 'rules of the road'
OTTAWA - U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be a defender of the international “rules of the road” to help shepherd the world through a period of deep...
Dec 08, 2016

IOC president Bach wants life bans for proven Russian cheats
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russian athletes and officials who are proven to have been part of a doping “manipulation system” should be banned for life from the Olympics, IOC President Thomas ...
Dec 08, 2016
Nurse accused of killing seniors had case put over until January
WOODSTOCK, Ont. - The case of a nurse accused of killing eight seniors at two long-term care homes in southwestern Ontario has been put over until Jan. 6. Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, was remanded into c...
Dec 08, 2016
Adolf Burger, inmate forced by Nazis to forge money, dies
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Adolf Burger, a Jewish typographer who was forced by the Nazis to make fake British pounds in a major counterfeit operation during World War II, has died. He was 99. Public br...
Dec 08, 2016

US 30-year average mortgage rate rises to 4.13 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed for the sixth straight week in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election win, marking new highs for the year. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Th...
Dec 08, 2016

Man charged in 'vicious, horrible' murder of 82-year-old Nova Scotia veteran
SYDNEY, N.S. - Nova Scotia police officers worked for years to solve a brutal small-town murder, watched over by a huge photo of the victim - an 82-year-old Second World War veteran whose image on the...
Dec 08, 2016
Nova Scotia's Viola Desmond: civil rights pioneer
HALIFAX - Viola Desmond’s pioneering contribution to the civil rights struggle in Canada went largely unrecognized for decades. In November 1946, the black businesswoman refused to leave her sea...
Dec 08, 2016

Senators gives up on suing former members for expenses flagged by auditor
OTTAWA - The Senate spending scandal dragged to a close Thursday as the upper chamber abandoned plans to sue a group of former senators to recoup questionable travel, office and housing expenses. The ...
Dec 08, 2016

Feds tout fairness, economic benefits in $2.3-billion military rescue plane deal
OTTAWA - More than 10 years after then-prime minister Paul Martin said replacing Canada’s ancient military search-and-rescue planes would be made a “major priority,” the federal gove...
Dec 08, 2016